Intro+to+Psych

The Hemispheres of the Brain uses logic detail oriented facts rule words and language present and past math and science can comprehend knowing acknowledges order/pattern perception knows object name reality based forms strategies practical safe  ||  **RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS ** uses feeling "big picture" oriented imagination rules symbols and images present and future philosophy & religion can "get it" (i.e. meaning) believes appreciates spatial perception knows object function fantasy based presents possibilities impetuous risk taking  ||||   || Are you better at recognizing and remembering names or faces?   Now use the key to help you understand whether you are right-brain dominant or left-brain dominant.
 * =  Left and Right Brain Functions = ||   ||
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 * **LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS **
 * Circle one:  ||  Names   ||  Faces <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">   ||
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Are you an organized individual or a spontaneous individual?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Circle one:  ||  <span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Organized   ||  <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Spontaneous   ||
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Do you like realistic stories or stories that deal in fantasy?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Circle one:  ||  <span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Realistic   ||  <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Fantasy   ||
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Do you problem-solve using logic or intuition?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Circle one:  ||  <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Logic   ||  <span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Intuition   ||
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Do you like well-structured assignments or open-ended assignments?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Circle one: ||  <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Well-structured   ||  <span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Open-ended   ||
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Do you remember things easily through language or through pictures?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Circle one:  ||  <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Language   ||  <span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Pictures   ||
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Do you consider yourself to be very creative or not creative?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Circle one:  ||  <span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Creative   ||  <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Not creative   ||
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Do you often produce humorous thoughts and ideas or serious thoughts and ideas?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Circle one:  ||  <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Humorous   ||  <span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Serious   ||
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Do you read for details and facts or for main ideas and overviews?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Circle one:  ||  <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Details/facts   ||  <span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Main idea/overview   ||
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Do you learn through systematic plans or through exploration?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Circle one:  ||  <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Systematic plans   ||  <span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Exploration   ||

<span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">I am right brain dominant. I kind of knew this because I took a test similar to this a few years ago. Although I am a little surprised about the aspect of seeing the “big picture” because I usually just go with the flow and live in the moment instead of seeing the bigger aspects of things. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Answers: **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Faces=right-brain behavior; Names=left-brain behavior
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Spontaneous=right-brain behavior; Organized=left-brain behavior
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Fantasy=right-brain behavior; Realistic=left-brain behavior
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Intuition=right-brain behavior; Logic=left-brain behavior
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Open-ended=right-brain behavior; Well-structured=left-brain behavior
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Pictures=right-brain behavior; Language=left-brain behavior
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Creative=right-brain behavior; Not creative=left brain behavior
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Humorous=right-brain behavior; Serious=left-brain behavior
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Main idea and overview=right-brain behavior; Details and facts=left-brain behavior
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Exploration=right-brain behavior; Systematic plans=left-brain behavior.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Total Score: **<span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">____7_ Right-Brain Responses; ___3___ Left-Brain Responses
 * <span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Assignment: Are you right or left brain dominant? Type a 1 page response to this question. Refer to information in this reading and also discuss what classes and/or activities you do in and out of school that makes you believe you are right-brained or left-brained. Be specific – give lots of examples.  **